AGARTALA, India, May 16 -- Tripura High Court issued the following order/judgement on April 13:
[1] On 08.08.2021, the police authority of Khowai Police Station (P.S.) entered the facts into the GDE book vide GDE No.002 of 2021 dated 08.08.2021 that on 07.08.2021 at around 2030 hours, when a group of leaders and supporters of All India Trinamool Congress [for short, TMC], a political party, reached at Dhalabil Chowmuhani, some unknown miscreants pelted stones on their two vehicles, causing injuries to one TSR personnel and immediately, said TMC group were taken to Baijalbari outpost for their safety.
[2] Thereafter, against GDE No.004 dated 08.08.2021, fourteen TMC leaders and supporters including two drivers were taken to the safe place of Dhalabil police line. Amongst them, there were three women political leaders. The police tried to accommodate them in a public hotel but they denied it and desired to remain at the Dhalabil police line.
[3] The GDE No.12 dated 08.08.2021 of Khowai P.S. shows that later on the Inspector, Gobinda Das of Teliamura PS along with other officers of Khowai P.S. and SDPO, Khowai returned to the police station with some arrested accused persons, namely Debangshu Bhattacharjee and 13 others from Dhalabil police line who were arrested in connection with Teliamura P.S. case No.99 of 2021 registered under Section 188 of IPC and Section 3 of Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.
[4] It is also seen from the GDE Nos.16,19 and 20 dated 08.08.2021 that the Education Minister of West Bengal and other party members visited Khowai P.S. at that time. Thereafter, Sri Abhishek Banerjee, MP also entered in the chamber of O/C, Khowai P.S. for discussion with the O/C and SDPO, Khowai about the arrest of said TMC leaders and the O/C requested the TMC Minister and leaders to leave and P.S. to allow them to forward the accused persons to the Court but they did not allow to do so and allegedly, misbehaved with Additional S.P and SDPO, Khowai and started shouting in the chamber of O/C of Khowai P.S. It is also noted in the GDE No.20 that they created obstructions to the said police officials in the discharge of their government duty.
[5] In that backdrop, the Inspector, Manoranjan Debbarma, the then O/C of Khowai P.S. lodged the complaint in the court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khowai for registering a case against the present petitioner and 5 others with the allegations that those persons had demanded the police authority for release of the arrested persons from the police station and to change the provisions of law put in the FIR against them. On refusal, they misbehaved with the Addl. S.P, SDPO, Khowai and started shouting in the chamber of the O/C that all police personnel were the brokers of BJP political party. Thereafter, the O/C and other officers requested them to leave the police station and to allow them to forward the arrested persons before the court but they did not. From 1300 hours to 1400 hours, they created such problem in the chamber of the O/C and in front of the police station and there was a huge gathering of TMC supporters and media persons there. It was further alleged that for more than one hours they created obstruction in the police duty and due to their such obstruction, the police could not produce the arrested persons before the court in time and ultimately, at around 1440 hours, said 14 arrested persons of the above said Teliamura P.S. Case No.99 of 2021 were forwarded to the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Khowai by the investigating officer, S.I., Gobinda Das of Teliamura P.S.
*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindiaHC/cases/display_pdf.php?filename=bzPoyUlszYLCUcCpirIpqA%2B%2Fns7%2BA9a%2BNWaNodtxwqg1SDcXEhlguYGl9gU0bE99&caseno=Crl.Petn./40/2024&cCode=1&cino=TRHC010018432024&state_code=20&appFlag==)
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